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GARUDA VAAYU SHAKTHI LIMITED (GVSL)

Saving time and production steps with SolidWorks solutions

GVSL entered the field of wind energy with a vision to provide efficient, productive output GVSL makes wind energy for a clean and
and a main focus on after-sales services. Equipped with the most advanced wind energy green earth using SolidWorks.
generator technology, many years of experience, an excellent reputation as clean-energy
promoters, and a dedicated team, Garuda Vaayu Shakthi Limited (GVSL), headquartered in
Chennai, India, provides clean power generation and quality services.
Challenge:
The company sets up its site offices in the vicinity of wind farm projects to offer a quick Reduce sheetmetal scrap and the time needed
to generate drawings. Examine real-time product
response to Operations & Management requirements. GVSL will ensure that the site offices
movements and check manufacturability.
are well equipped to provide quality services 24X7. These offices will have all the facilities
Simplify design reuse and design automation as
required for site development, installation of wind energy generators (WEG), operation, and well as design communication.
maintenance. GVSL is committed to providing maximum machine availability at the wind
farm sites and sufficient technical support to aid operations.
Solution:
Utilize integrated SolidWorks design and
GVSL is in the process of manufacturing wind energy generators with 700 kW and 1700 kW
simulation solutions to minimize sheetmetal
capacity to be certified by international bodies. The first Garuda 700.54 kW WEG has already scrap and check manufacturability.
been commissioned for C-WET type testing. The company will enter serial production of the Use SolidWorks Animator for real-time
wind energy generators in 2012, and its Garuda 1,700.84 kW WEG will be tested shortly. visualizations and store designs in the
Design Library.
Both wind energy generators are equipped with state-of-the-art operational specifications
suitable for installation in any part of the world with country-specific modifications. Results:
Cut design time
Because GVSL must design and manufacture WEGs on-site, its main concerns were excess Prevented production failures
sheetmetal scrap, reuse of existing designs, design automation, reducing design costs, Improved manufacturing information
communicating design intent, reducing design cycles, virtual product testing, and estimating presentation
manufacturability. Reduced sheetmetal scrap
The need to implement CAD software became essential. According to Design Engineer THE MATING AND BOM TABLE
Sasi Kumar B, GVSL chose SolidWorks software because it is easy to learn and use, and FEATURES IN SOLIDWORKS
includes integrated design validation and eDrawings communications tools. Along with HAVE SAVED US SIGNIFICANT
SolidWorks Premium, GVSL uses SolidWorks Simulation Premium and SolidWorks Flow TIME IN CROSS-CHECKING
Simulation software because the integrated solution satisfies all of the companys design THE EXACT QUANTITY OF
requirements and provides structural and CFD (computational-ow dynamics) analysis tools FASTENERS BEING USED IN
at an affordable price. THE ASSEMBLY.

Sasi Kumar B
Improved design communications save time Design Engineer
SolidWorks eDrawings help to communicate designs with the manufacturing team, vendors,
and OEM partners. SolidWorks Animator is used to create animations for internal review and
advance product marketing.

Less waste, lower production costs

SolidWorks sheet-metal applications are used for designing the bottom tower part of the
windmill. Its precise functionality helped GVSL reduce sheetmetal scrap, which in turn
reduced the companys production costs.

The Design Library and BOM generation tools in SolidWorks made designing the heavy
equipment easy and dramatically reduced design time. When time is directly proportional to
cost, these savings have a big impact on optimizing the company budget.

Easy handling of large assemblies

The large-assembly capabilities in SolidWorks software enabled the company to produce a
model faster for customer review. When you want a design change in 2D drawings, you have
to make a change in every view, detail, and section. With SolidWorks software, you make a
single change to the model, and all of the views, details, and sections update automatically.

Examining designs in real time

Once the design is complete, it has to be examined in a real-world scenario. SolidWorks
simulation software helped GVSL test their WEGs virtually, to estimate functionalities and
probable failures, producing optimum results.

Manufacturability made easier

It is not enough to have the right design. When simulation software can take things one step
farther, it is critical to estimate the manufacturability of your product. The mating and BOM
table features in SolidWorks have saved us significant time in cross-checking the exact
quantity of fasteners being used in the assembly, says Sasi Kumar B.
SolidWorks sheetmetal applications
Eliminating interferences and errors were used to accurately design the bottom
SolidWorks software helped to significantly reduce interferences and virtually eliminate tower part of the windmill, and helped GVSL
drafting errors. The dynamic assembly mode allows checking for interferences within an reduce sheetmetal scrap.
assembly as it is being designed; and because models are associated with drawings, theres
no need to manually redo drawings when a change is made.

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